Nothing in particular

At the charter school there was a school wide poetry contest and i had got the idea for the topic because of a service learning project my english teacher who at the time was my service learning teacher as well had given us an assignment outdoors to create a list of things "nothing in particular" which is where i got my title and the beginning of my idea <3

Walking down the street thinking thoughts nothing in particular I saw a puddle with upon it a floating leaf lie could it be like a boat lost out at sea with aboard it a talking beaver and his friends the flying penguin and the raven named Poe or is it nothing in particular Still walking I stop and ponder at the greenest grass I have ever to see... Again I think could it be grass tended by small magical dwarfs or just a nothing in particular gardener Again on my way I see a flower softly leaning toward its side could it be caused by ladybugs inhabiting it or grasshoppers throwing a business party or just some nothing in particular wind and rain Once again on my way I hear a sort of buzzing noise I look and see a bee could it be a worker trying to get pollen to make honey and feed his 97 children or doing nothing in particular After walking and seeing all these wonders I finally get home I open the door and see my mother ready to ask me what I saw and simply I say… nothing in particular

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